Religion on the Mind

Dan Koch

Booking Overview

This is an interview podcast focused on the intersection of psychology, religion, spirituality, and religious change, typically featuring writers, practitioners, artists, and other experts with relevant personal or professional experience. Credible pitches include authors, psychologists, religious scholars or clergy, spiritual-abuse researchers, deconstruction specialists, and culturally prominent practitioners or artists; booking difficulty is medium because the show mixes accessible niche experts with some established public figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 441

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.7/5.0

Estimated listeners: 10k-100k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 617 subscribers

Instagram: 6.2k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

dan@religiononthemind.com

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Host

Dan Koch - Podcast host and interviewer focused on psychology, religion, spirituality, and religious change.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Authors, journalists, psychologists, religious scholars, clergy, spiritual-abuse researchers, artists, and practitioners with substantial experience or public work related to religion, spirituality, psychology, or religious change.

Required Achievements:

Published books or other writing, Established professional or scholarly practice, Relevant media or podcast appearances, Public work addressing religion, spirituality, psychology, or religious change

Recent Guest Discussions

Jay Michaelson - Spirituality, Psychedelics, Religious Myth-making, Spiritual Abuse, Peak Experiences, And Certainty.

Josh Gilbert - Film And Literary Culture, Christopher Nolan’s Odyssey, Oral Tradition, Christianity, Artificial Intelligence, And The Future Of Work.

Tony Jones - Historical Fiction, Religion, Culture, Constantine’s Conversion, And Tony Jones’s New Novel.

Dustin Kensrue - Spiritual Experience, Religious Change, Christian Identity, Church Scandal, And Reconstructed Liberal Christianity.

Jenn Mason - Judaism, Antisemitism, Disability, Christianity, The Gospel Of Matthew, And The Distinction Between Jesus’s Religion And Christianity.

Recent Topics

Religion, Psychology, Spirituality, Christianity, Deconstruction

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Religion on the Mind

Therapy vs. Coaching (#416)

September 08, 2026

Guests: Josh Gilbert and Kristen Tideman Topics: Therapy vs. coaching (3:48) Licensure and regulation (11:20) Scope of practice (20:47) Actionable plans (38:00) Existential psychology (45:14) Religious landscape expertise (52:00) Trauma and self-diagnosis (58:27) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peak Youth Group Era with Tyler Huckabee (RELEVANT, Sojourners) (#415)

August 31, 2026

Guest: Tyler Huckabee | ⁠ Sojourners, RELEVANT Megazine⁠ Tyler's Article | ⁠Reckoning With the Youth Group That Raised Us⁠ Topics: • Adolescent development (8:36) • Columbine and martyrdom culture (14:45) • Braveheart (25:00) • Youth group as third space (31:44) • Summer camp autonomy (37:45) • Deficit-based views of teenagers (56:55) • Doubt and the exvangelical wilderness (1:02:48) • Trump and belief (1:09:10) __________________________________________ Follow Dan on ...

Dan in the Hot Seat with Tripp Fuller (#414)

August 24, 2026

Guest: Tripp Fuller (Homebrewed Christianity) Topics: • Cognitive-existential therapy (11:56) • Self-deception & “ultimate concern” (27:06) • ADHD & embodiment (31:09) Patron Half • “The Hell of the Same” (43:00) • Wasting your life in every era (1:00:45) • Christian bookstore CDs & punk rock (1:20:14) • College Counseling & Young Adults (1:44:31) • The dark magic of rock and roll (1:47:02) __________________________________________ Follow Dan on IG: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram....

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